Mature mechanized harvesting of sorghum in Southwest China, cost saving and efficiency enhancing planting | Sorghum | Southwest China
CCTV News: Sorghum in the southwest region has recently reached maturity. In recent days, sorghum growers across Chongqing have taken advantage of the sunny weather to harvest sorghum, and cost saving and efficient mechanized harvesting has become popular.
In the sorghum planting base in Hezhong Village, Rongchang District, Chongqing, two large harvesters are operating, "eating" into the sorghum ears and "spitting" out grain sorghum, while the sorghum stalks are turned into silage fertilizer and scattered in the fields.
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Large grower Zheng Yunyuan transferred 1800 acres of land in Qingjiang Town in 2023 to plant sorghum. Thanks to the local high standard farmland improvement, the agricultural machinery transportation and operating conditions on the land have been improved. They have achieved full mechanization in the planting process, which not only improves production efficiency and comprehensive benefits, but also reduces production costs.
In Dongxi Town, Qijiang District, most of the local sorghum is grown on orders. Farmers have already signed planting and acquisition agreements with sorghum food processing enterprises before planting. At present, sorghum has fully matured and entered the harvesting period.
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It is understood that in 2023, the planting area of sorghum in Chongqing reached 290000 acres, of which 70-80% were harvested mechanically.